[PlatypusParticipant]

From Hoopsworld

 

The news that the Indiana Pacers were letting head coach Jim O’Brien go came as absolutely no surprise. In fact, most felt the move was overdue. What caused many fans in Indiana to raise their eyebrows was the decision to replace O’Brien with his assistant, Frank Vogel

The truth is, an established head coach like, say, Jeff Van Gundy, would be highly unlikely to take a team like Indiana mid-season. Consider that there would be little practice time, and therefore little time to insitute a new system. You basically have enough practice time to make small tweaks to the system that was already in place, and in a situation like that the best option is often one of the coaches who was already involved with the system. Add the uncertainty of the labor negotiations and the fact that a new head coach would inherit a staff of assistants who are already under contract, and it’s easy to see why the short-term answer was the one closest at hand.

Make no mistake, however. Vogel is the short-term solution. 

Peter Vecsey makes an astute observation today in discussing Indiana’s head coaching position going forward, pointing out that former Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Mike Brown was once an assistant under Rick Carlisle in Indiana and remains a favorite of owner Herb Simon. Brown decided to take the season off after the intensity of Cleveland’s title chase and LeBron James’ exodus, but could very well throw his name back into the ring next season. 

After all of that pressure to win a championship, the 2009 Coach Of The Year would likely relish a shot at helping a team complete a rebuilding process that is already well underway

 

 

Mike Brown only won that award because of Lebron

 

[SwatLakeCityParticipant]

 Ahmm. Frank Vogel is the Interim head coach not O’Brian’s actual replacement. That always happens when a coach is let go midseason. The assistant steps up to fill the head coaching void until they find a replacement. So I don’t know why that would surprise you.

I really hope that the Pacers get a former coach that has championship experience. Jeff Van Gundy would be great or Lawrence Frank. I hope it’s not Mike Brown. In my opinion he is worse than Jim O’Brian.

[BigDParticipant]

If this Frank Vogel does a good job, surely he could be in consideration to keep the job? i also noticed that Roy Hibbert had 24pts and 11reb in his first game under him.

[IndianaBasketballParticipant]

Now that O’Brien is gone, I expect Hibbert and Collison to play better.

Next coach… I say Mike Brown or Mark Jackson.

[4th dimension]

I think Reggie Miller would make the perfect coach for the Pacers.  Hes the greatest Pacer of all time and he would comand respect because he was a great player.

[Tongue-Out-Like-23Participant]

4th dimension.

 

Do you try to get negatives on purpose?

[IndianaBasketballParticipant]

Reggie Miller would be a terrible coach.

[HitsterParticipant]

If a top Coach is out of work at the moment then unless they have got media commitments then it would make sense to get them in as quickly as possible. This would enable a Mike Brown, JVG etc to have a chance to evaluate the roster and decide who they consider to be key pieces and discuss draft,trade ideas with the front office.

If they have their eyes on a someone who may be employed by another NBA Team or from the NCAA then obviously they would have to wait until the end of the season.

Do Interim/Caretaker Coaches often get the job on a permanent basis if they do well?

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